Padres said to be promoting top prospect

The Padres are set to promote their top positional prospect ahead of Monday’s return to Petco Park, sources confirmed for U-T San Diego.

Since a promotion to Triple-A El Paso, Liriano has paired a torrid .467/.536/.683 batting line with 13 RBIs over 16 games. He has not homered in the Pacific Coast League, but swatted 14 while fashioning a .264/.335/.442 batting line in 99 games with Double-A San Antonio.

The Padres have not officially announced Liriano’s promotion nor a corresponding roster move.

Varo Lantigua, the Padres’ Latin American coordinator, first revealed Liriano’s promotion over Twitter, which translated to English to say “nothing like receiving call from @RymerLiriano to tell me that he (is going) to the major leagues.”